Description
This book brings together research that advances our ‚Äéunderstanding of the fundamental relationship between board diversity and different ‚Äéaspects of corporate governance, including corporate governance disclosures, board ‚Äéperformance, governance characteristics, and ownership structure. ‚ÄéThe expertly selected chapters deal with related (but not limited) to the following topics: ‚ÄéCorporate governance models and diversity; forms of diversity and decisions in the boardroom; Board diversity, corporate disclosure, and intellectual capital disclosures; shareholder activism; differences between private and family firms; Board diversity laws; gender and ethnicity on boards, and going beyond gender aspects of diversity. This book is particularly useful for researchers and practitioner think tanks to understand the state of the art in board diversity research.
